Philip Nation's thought certainly reflects a significant facet to great leadership - which is a willingness to go unnoticed while those you lead are successful and shine. Yet let me suggest a addendum to that thought.

Behind that willingness to go unnoticed is a fundamental desire of a great leader to seek to make those on their team successful. A great leader doesn't merely demand that the team main function is to make themselves look good and succeed. Rather, a great leader seeks out how to coach, lead, direct, encourage, resource, cheerlead and pray for their team member's success and growth.